Ground Plan for a Catafalque — Giuseppe Galli Bibiena | DiscoverArt

Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Ground Plan for a Catafalque

1696–1756

Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash

51.3 × 36.7 cm (20.2 × 14.4 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York — check current display status with the museum.

View at metmuseum.org ↗︎Plan a visit ↗︎

Discover

Your feed Blog Museums & galleries Saved works

You

Account Community guidelines

DiscoverArt

A taste-graph discovery engine for art. Every work shown is a real object in a real museum — artwork images courtesy of their institutions’ open-access programs.

© Discover Art 2026Terms of Use Privacy Policy Cookie Policy

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

More by Giuseppe Galli Bibiena

Design for Stage Set: Centralized Villa with Cupola ("Villa rotunda" Style) and Colonnaded Wings.

Design for Stage Set: Centralized Villa with Cupola ("Villa

Designs for Stage Set: Three Pavillions in Background with "Oriental" (Ogival) Cupolas with Two Small Fountains between Them. in Foreground, a large Fountain with Dolphins Surmounted by Neptune.

Designs for Stage Set: Three Pavillions in Background with "

Elevation and Section for a Catafalque for the Dauphin of France, d. 1711

Elevation and Section for a Catafalque for the Dauphin of Fr

Monumental Vaulted Hall with Staircase

Monumental Vaulted Hall with Staircase

Design for a Stage Set: Longitudinal Section and Plan of amphitheater and Stage

Design for a Stage Set: Longitudinal Section and Plan of amp

Elevation for a Catafalque Surmounted by Squat Obelisk, Decorated with Statues of Putti and Female Figures

Elevation for a Catafalque Surmounted by Squat Obelisk, Deco

Elevation of a Catafalque with royal Crown and Order of the Golden Fleece, for a Duke of Lorraine, probably Leopold (d. 1729)

Elevation of a Catafalque with royal Crown and Order of the

Half Ground Plan and Half Elevation of a Catafalque, surmounted by a royal Crown

Half Ground Plan and Half Elevation of a Catafalque, surmoun

More like this

Page from a Scrapbook containing Drawings and Several Prints of Architecture, Interiors, Furniture and Other Objects

Charles Percier|Pierre François Léonard Fontaine — Page from

S. Giovanni Laterano, Centocelle, plan (recto) S. Giovanni Laterano, Centocelle, section (verso)

Anonymous, French, 16th century — S. Giovanni Laterano, Cent

Floorplan and Side View of an Altar, Plate f (2) from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.'

Johann Michael Leüchte|Martin Engelbrecht — Floorplan and Si

Unlabeled Plan of the Tempio della Speranza (same Building as Accession Number 60.632.44)

Pietro Paolo Coccetti (Cocchetti) — Unlabeled Plan of the Te

Floorplan and Side View of an Altar, Plate h (2) from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.'

Martin Engelbrecht|Johann Michael Leüchte — Floorplan and Si

Design for a Church with a Central Octagonal Plan

Anonymous, Italian, 16th to early 17th century — Design for

Mansion of Thomas Hope, Flemish Picture Gallery

H. Ansted — Mansion of Thomas Hope, Flemish Picture Gallery

Floorplan and Side View of an Altar, Plate e (2) from 'Unterschiedliche Neu Inventierte Altäre mit darzu gehörigen Profillen u. Grundrißen.'

Johann Michael Leüchte|Martin Engelbrecht — Floorplan and Si

Anonymous, French, 16th century — S. Maria in Domnica, porti

Floor Plan for the Renovations of the Château de Rambouillet

Jacques Charles Bonnard|Jean Augustin Renard — Floor Plan fo

Bramante's Plan for St. Peter's

Anonymous, Italian, 16th to 17th century — Bramante's Plan f

Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Ground Floor (Basement) Plan

Isaac Ware — Houghton Hall, Norfolk, Ground Floor (Basement)